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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1612-1699

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Callico(e, Calligo(e, n. Also: calȝeco, caligo, callego(e, ? kalico. [e.m.E. callico(e, calyco, kalyko (1540), F. calicot. Cf. Callicut,n.] Calico, the cloth. Also attrib.(a) 1612 Bk. Rates 319.
Callicoe course the peice … iiij li.
1612 Ib.
Lawnes … called callicoe landis
1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 140 b.
xj calȝeco pikindaillis for weymen
1632 Ib. LV. 254 b.
Braid calȝecois
1699 Wemyss Chart. MS.
Bla glaized callicoe
(b) 1631 Edinburgh Testaments LV. 136 b.
Fyftie foure elles of callegoes
1642 Ib. LX. 41 b.
Thrie scoir … ellis of calligo
1650 Ib. LXV. 27.
Certane calligoes estimat all to l lib.
1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 356.
A stamped calligoe pock
1695 Ib. II. 234.
For 12 ells of fyne glaised caligo
(c)1679 Brechin Testaments VII. 35 b.
Ane kalico worth xiij s. iv d.

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